. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. ried on by the subject of this sketch under the original name. Mr. White's father was one of the first lumber operators in the Ottawa Valley, coming to Canada from Edinburgh, Scotland, and founding the town of Pembroke in 1828. ^ When A. & P. White embarked in the lun~ ber trade the principal product was squared red and white pine, of which, as is generally known, large quantities were sent down the Ottawa river and also the Trent waters. The making of saw lo
. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. ried on by the subject of this sketch under the original name. Mr. White's father was one of the first lumber operators in the Ottawa Valley, coming to Canada from Edinburgh, Scotland, and founding the town of Pembroke in 1828. ^ When A. & P. White embarked in the lun~ ber trade the principal product was squared red and white pine, of which, as is generally known, large quantities were sent down the Ottawa river and also the Trent waters. The making of saw logs in large quantities did not commence on the Ottawa until about 1870. For some years the firm of A. & P. White have been engaged in the manufacture of sawn lum- ber, their mills being located at Pembroke and having a capacity of about 6,000,000 feet per annum. Mr. White is also a director of the Pembroke Lumber Company. Mr. White is a strong advocate of the pro- tection of the forests from fires. He has seen large areas on the Ottawa destroyed during the last fifty years, and believes that if fires had been kept out and the timber judiciously cut, the supply on the Ottawa river and its tributar- ies would have been practically inexhaustible. Asan instance of the advantage of watching the fires closely, he points out that the limit owned by the late Wm. Mackey, on the Amable-du- Fond, which he purchased in 1861 for a feu- hundred dollars, was sold in 1900 for $655,000, and after square timber had been cut on it for thirty years. Mr. White has devoted much time and atten- tion to public affairs, having represented North Renfrew in the Dominion Parliament almost continuously from 1874 to 1896. NICHOLAS FLOOD. One of the oldest living operators in the tim- ber and deal trade of the Province of Quebec is Mr. Nicholas Flood, a resident of the Ancient. Capital, whose identification with this trade in the successive capacities of culler and manu- facturer extend over a period of
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